Sanitary towel

ABSTRACT

The sanitary towel is provided with fastening means at the end portions of the envelope enclosing the absorption body by which the conventional end loops may be omitted. The fastening means consists at each end portion of a narrow ring encircling said portion but leaving the terminal thereof uncovered. The portion between the ring and the absorption body is also uncovered. The ring may consists of artificial resin intimately united with the material of the envelope.

United States Patent Gunnar Dahlsten Gothenburg, Sweden Appl. No.397,698

Filed Sept. 21, 1964 Patented Oct. 19, 1971 Assignee MolnlyckeAktiebolag Priority Sept. 25, 1963 Sweden Inventor SANITARY TOWEL 3Claims, 2 Drawing Figs.

US. Cl 128/290 Int. Cl A6" 13/16 Field of Search l 28/289-291 ReferencesCited UNITED STATES PATENTS 9/1967 .loa 9/ l 959 Ljundg ren FOREIGNPATENTS 311,051 9/1933 Italy 1,046,255 12/1958 Germany.....

633,030 12/1949 GreatBritain.. 535,659 4/1941 GreatBritain PrimaryExaminerCharles F. Rosenbaum Attorney-Pierce, Scheffler & Parker velope.

SANITARY TOWEL Sanitary towels of conventional design are provided withan envelope which consists of a textile or other fibrous material and incertain cases of a net and extends at the ends of the towel beyond theabsorption body so as to form holds for the towel. In order tofacilitate attachment of the towel the projecting end portions have beenprovided with a knot. Complicated machines are used to tie such knots.There exists the desire of avoiding or simplifying such machines andstill obtaining a reliable device, by means of which the towel can beattached in a simple and convenient manner. The object of this inventionis to comply with this desire.

In its broadest aspect the invention is characterized in that thematerial which keeps said end portions together surrounds each endportion in the form of a narrow ring but exposes both the part of theend portion nearest the absorption body of the towel and the margin ofthe end portion.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the annexed drawingswhich show a plan view of a towel provided with a device according tothe invention.

In the drawings FIG. I is a front view of a sanitary towel, and

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of one end portion of a towel with itsfastening ring.

In the embodiment illustrated the towel has a netlike envelope l, theends of which extend beyond the absorption body 2 of the towel. The endportions of the envelope are surrounded and held together by a narrowring 3 which suitably consists of artificial resin, preferably athermoplastic material such as polyvinyl chloride. This ring has beenclamped in a soft state around the end portions with the result that thering after having set has been firmly connected with the textilematerial of the end portions of the envelope and consequently can serveas a reliable hold for attaching the towel e.g. to a clasp of a girdle.

An important advantage of a narrow ring made of thermoplastic materialfor the purpose indicated consists in the fact that the ring can be ofsmall size so that it will not cause any discomfort in the use of thetowel. The outer diameter of the ring may amount to about 0.1 inch. Theshape of the ring may be spherical but a more stilliform shape could beused to facilitate the attachment of the towel. The textile materialshould be squeezed by the ring so that the diameter of the latter doesnot exceed the outer transverse dimensions of the end portion of thetowel.

What I claim is:

l. A sanitary towel comprising an absorption body, an envelope offibrous material surrounding said body and including end portionsextending beyond the absorption body, and fastening means forfacilitating the attachment of the towel, said fastening meansencircling each end portion as a narrow ring but exposing both the partof the end portion nearest the absorption body and the terminal of theend portion.

2. A sanitary towel as claimed in claim 1 and further characterized bythe fact that said narrow ring is made from artificial resin penetratingthe material of the end portion so as to be firmly secured thereto.

3. A sanitary towel as claimed in claim I and further characterized bythe fact that the outer dimension of the ring is of substantially thesame size as the transverse dimension of the adjacent parts of the endportion.

1. A sanitary towel comprising an absorption body, an envelope offibrous material surrounding said body and including end portionsextending beyond the absorption body, and fastening means forfacilitating the attachment of the towel, said fastening meansencircling each end portion as a narrow ring but exposing both the partof the end portion nearest the absorption body and the terminal of theend portion.
 2. A sanitary towel as claimed in claim 1 and furthercharacterized by the fact that said narrow ring is made fRom artificialresin penetrating the material of the end portion so as to be firmlysecured thereto.
 3. A sanitary towel as claimed in claim 1 and furthercharacterized by the fact that the outer dimension of the ring is ofsubstantially the same size as the transverse dimension of the adjacentparts of the end portion.